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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Chunhai Yao, Beijing, CN;
Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US);
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hong He, San Jose, CA (US);
Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US);
Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US);
Shu Guo, Beijing, CN;
Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuchul Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Yushu Zhang, Beijing, CN;
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods to enhance the coverage of NR systems for coverage-limited wireless devices are disclosed. A serving base station may configure a coverage-limited UE with parameters for the UE to operate in a coverage enhancement mode through RRC signaling, DCI, or RAR grant. The UE may use the configuration parameters to determine whether to enter into the coverage enhancement mode when connecting and communicating with the serving base station. The configuration parameters may configure the UE to exploit both time diversity and frequency diversity to extend and enhance coverage when receiving PDSCH and PDCCH channels. The UE may use the configuration parameters to receive PDSCH and PCCCH that are coverage enhanced using time repetitions and frequency hopping. Advantageously, the base station may flexibly and dynamically configure the UE with coverage enhancement parameters to extend the coverage of the UE using time diversity and frequency diversity gains as the UE moves around.